do they still exist in california? will california finally understand reality? >> we know california is it a very liberal state. heavily democratic. in 2008 president obama won that state by 24 points. his margin of victory could be thinner this time? ah, but californians are likely to vote to raise their own taxes again, the latest poll shows 48% show tax increases, 38% oppose. joining us now is tom del bacarro. he's the head of the california republican party i'm told it does exist. i'm sorry, tom, i know you should be facetious like this. >> stuart, we keep going over this, we've turned down the last eight state-wide tax increases. stuart: air not going to turn this down. this time you're going to raise taxes and the state is bankrupt, hemorrhaging jobs. you guys in california, i'm not blaming you, but your party is virtually irrelevant in the state of california. >> we've turned down eight straight state-wide tax increases and this is going to be the 9th and turned down a tobacco tax in june and the poll we call the left field bol. that estimates constantly